Hyderabad: The BJP on Saturday asked the UPA
government to reconsider its stand towards holding dialogue
with Islamabad and said the country was "shocked" over the
Indo-Pakistan joint statement issued in Egypt.
"The entire country is shocked over the joint statement
issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani
counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt saying that terrorism
should not be linked to the composite dialogue process,"
senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.
The "so-called joint statement" was unacceptable to the
people of India and it was against their spirit and
sentiments, particularly after the Mumbai terror attack, he
said.
After 26/11, Singh had categorically stated that there
was no question of holding dialogue with Pakistan unless it
gives enough proof of taking action against its nationals who
masterminded Mumbai attacks, and initiate steps to dismantle
the terror infrastructure on its soil, the BJP leader said.
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